September 2007 results in "Nature & Man" - Turkey

September 2007 results in "Nature and Man" International Cartoon Contest - Turkey

WINNERS

Jurij Kosobukin – Ukraine

Jalal Pirmarzabad – Iran

Musa Gümüş - Turkey

WEB: http://www.muhittinkoroglu.com/default.asp

Dalibor Pavic exhibition at Cartoon Gallery Osijek

Respected colleagues, faithfull readers...
On the day of October 29, this year in Cartoon Gallery Osijek at 6.00 pm we have opened the exhibition of Croatian artist Dalibor Pavic - Paky. We named the exhibition «Different Face of Cartoon».
PAKY was born on 9th of March, 1973 in Osijek where he finished elementary and high school. Even though from early youth he showed aptitude toward music and art, he deals with it intensively from 1990. He composes and arranges songs.
First independent exhibition he prepared in October 2000 in Osijek where he lives and works. He had 7 independent exhibitions till now. He has partaken in 12 collective exhibitions and 14 art colony. He has illustrated 2 books «Jesus and non-violence» and « Love is still looking for us».

Exhibition was opened by PhD sc. Zlata Zivakovic – Kerze. Extract from the speech:
«Paky have exhibit 10 of his works in oil technic; with white color on black background , or vice versa he distorts reality and accomplishes impression of mockery. In distortion of heads Paky excesses on purpouse and in that way he emphasizes significant attributes of human character – anxiety, anger, passivity... They are individuals, self-sufficient, passive observers on whose faces you can see that they are under burden with every day concerns... they dont smile.»
Paky played his guitar with chello professor Zeljko Strbac. That was the first time that they have seen each other in their life but they created a great atmosphere with their instruments. When we opened the exhibition Paky played one more time his guitar, but this time by himself.
We have enjoyed with baked chestnuts and boiled wine.
We love you and appreciate your effort!
Stela Dusanic cartoon_galery@hotmail.com

I`LL HAVE BRIGHT FUTURE CAUSE I WILL CREATE IT... (W. Churchill)

Results of “Black Cat” International 2007

The Results of “Black Cat” International Cartoon Web Contest 2007

First Prize: Milenko KOSANOVIC / SERBIA
Second Prize: SAEED BABAK / IRAN (See above left)
Third Prize: VALERI KURTU / GERMANY

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
RUMEN DRAGOSTINOV / BULGARIA
MIHAI IGNAT / ROMANIA
THOMAS WOLOSZYN / POLAND (See right)

ELENA OSPIN / COLOMBIA
SHARNOVA OLYA / RUSSIA
ALEKSEY KUSTOVSKY / UKRANIA (See above right)
OGUZ GUREL / TURKIYE

Jury Special Prize: CARTOON CLUB ''CRANBERRY'' in Russia

See all prize-winning cartoons at: http://azcartoon.bravehost.com/results.htm

Braila Cartoon Contest 2nd Edition - Romania

BRAILA COUNTY COUNCIL
THE COUNTY CENTER FOR PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE BRAILA
INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST
2nd edition 2007
Modified regulation for cartoon contest: NEW PRIZES were approved
REGULATION
Contest: open to all cartoonists
Theme:
A) Braila - a multi-ethnic province (in Braila’s region cohabit beside Romanians the following ethnic communities: Bulgarians, Greeks, Italians, Jews, Lipovenians, Roms, Tatars and Turks)
B) Free
Entries: max. 5.
The works should be sent by classic mail or by e-mail (A4, A3, 300 dpi, Jpeg) and must be accompanied by the author's biography.
Size: A4 (210 x 297 mm) - A3 (297 x 420 mm)
Technique: free
Deadline: November 20th, 2007
Prizes:
Great Prize – 1500 €; First Prize – 1000 €; Second Prize – 800 €; Third Prize – 500 €; 3 Special Prizes – 300 € (each).
Members of jury:
Tudor Octavian – art critic
Mihai Stanescu – cartoonist
Leonte Nastase – cartoonist
Costel Patrascan - cartoonist
Exhibition: December 8th, 2007
Catalogue: each selected artist will receive a copy
Remark: the works will not be returned, they will remain the property of The County Center for Preservation and Promotion of Traditional Culture Braila
The works should be sent to:
The County Center for Preservation and Promotion of Traditional Culture Braila
1) Piata Traian 2, 810153 Braila - Romania
2) centrul_creatie@portal-braila.ro
Contact details:
Tel / Fax: +40 239 614 710
E-mail: centrul_creatie@portal-braila.ro
costel_patrascan@yahoo.co.uk

7th Barakaldo results

Estimad@ dibujante:
Queremos darte a conocer los resultados del 7º Concurso intenacional de humor gráfico de Barakaldo.
143 concursantes de 41 países mandaron un total de 322 trabajos.

GAGNANTS-WINNERS:
Ganadores sección animada:
1º Desierto
2º Javier Pelayo
3º Elio Delgado Domínguez
Ganadores sección no animada:
1º Gholamreza Abbasnejad Benam – Irán
2º Shazhenik Dimitro – Ucrania
3º Masoud Ziaiei – Irán.

Podrás consultar la página http://www.barakaldo.org/hermes, dentro de una semanapara ver las obras premiadas.
Gracias por la participación.
Recibe un cordial saludo.
La organización.
Pablo Richard
editorialsaure@yahoo.es
saurecomic@yahoogroups.com

24th Aydin Dogan prize-giving ceremony

The prize-giving ceremony of the 24th International Aydin Dogan Cartoon Competition was done on Nov 6, 2007 in Istanbul, Turkey. It was pleasure to meet Mr & Mrs Gatto from Italy, Mr & Mrs Boligan from Mexico, Mr & Mrs Nakahara from Japan, and Mr Shibu and his interpreter from India. Of course there were some other artists present at the ceremony while the First Prize winner Ms Marina Markevitch was absent due to her child's illness.
About the similarity of his cartoon, Mr Shibu and his interpreter told me that the artist lives in a remote place in India where he has very limited access to the world of cartoon and therefore has no info about previous creation of the cartoon.
Here are a few shots from the ceremony evening:

September & October results in Syriacartoon

Results of the First International Cartoon Exhibition-(Women)- Syria2007, Monthly Prize – September & October

Winners:

First Prize: Jabbar Abdolee / Iran

Second Prize: Erico Junqueira Ayres / Brazil

Third Prize: Kemal Ozyurt / Turkey

See all prize-winning cartoons at: http://www.syriacartoon.com/news/2007/news-041100701.html

"Last Exit Before Doom!" - Manisa / Turkey

1st INTERNATIONAL MANISA-MESIR CARTOON CONTEST - TURKEY

“LAST EXIT BEFORE DOOM !”
As you know, we humans have put our world through very big troubles.

The obvious reasons of disaster are countless: Excessive growth in population, million tones of solid, liquid and gas waste, consumption of water and energy, urban plunder, chopping of forests, wars and bomb experiments, usage of hormones and pesticides, transformed genes, tankship tragedies, etc. And the results: Global warming, polluted waters, the hole in the ozone layer, ascending epidemic diseases, both drought and floods, erosion of the agricultural soil, massive poverty and hunger, extincting plant and animal species... We have to believe that it is still possible to save our only homeland, our world and have to try doing that.

We are calling all cartoonists in the world to produce dramatic pieces for our sensibility in this subject.

In our contest, we hope to see the proficiency of new cartoonists and innovations of masters.
Bülent KAR
Mayor of Manisa-TURKEY
JURY
Marlene POHLE Cartoonist from GERMANY
Vladimir KAZANEVSKY Cartoonist from UKRAINE
Agim SULAJ Cartoonist from ITALY
Raşit YAKALI Cartoonist from TURKEY

Eray ÖZBEK Cartoonist from TURKEY

Cem KOÇ Cartoonist from TURKEY
PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS
First Prize : 2500 €
Second Prize : 1750 €
Third Prize : 1000 €
● This contest is open to professional and amateur cartoonists from all over the world.
● The cartoons may not have been previously awarded and must be based on the original idea of the artist. Cartoons that are deemed by the jury to be the same or closely similar to that known to be the work of another cartoonist will not be judged. Discussions and probable claims according all sorts of plagiarism are at the expense of the participant.
● The artists shall not present more than TWO works. Otherwise, all of them will not be judged.
The properties of the works
● Minimum A4 (210 x 297 mm), maximum A3 (297 x 420 mm), in JPEG format with 300 dpi resolution. Maximum: 3 MB.
● A separate e-mail for each work. The full name, address, telephone number of the artist is to be stated on the each mail with a brief CV (max. 350 characters).
● The artists will call these cartoons and CV files with their own names. *For example: Semih Berker-1.jpg and Semih Berker.doc
● The young domestic cartoonists under 18 years must add their ages also. *For example: Semih Berker-1(17). For this category, there is a special “youth” prize.
● Address to send submissions in digital form: cartoon@manisa.bel.tr and karikatur@manisa.bel.tr
● The deadline: Entries to reach the organizers by Wednesday, January 30th 2008, 12.00 am midday.
● If the number of the participating cartoons will be very much; the members of the jury in Turkey will do a primary election before the meeting of the jury. If a foreign juror wants to see other works, he/she can look at them and can add his/her selections.
● Jury will meet on February 11th, 2008 and at the same day, the winners of the contest will be announced. The Jury’s judgment shall be final.
● Prize-giving ceremony will take place and the exhibition of the selected works will open March 22nd, 2008 at the Lale Hall of Cultural Center in Manisa.
● Municipality of Manisa hold the right to publish the cartoons submitted to the contest in any form.
● A catalogue will be published and one copy will be supplied to each artist whose work has been selected for this catalogue.
● Artists submitting cartoons will automatically agree to abide by the above rules.
● Contact for further information: kultursanat@manisa.bel.tr

WEB: http://www.manisa.bel.tr/KarikaturYarismasi_EN.asp